Alaska's Swanson Wins Sportsmanship Award
April 1, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. ¬" The ECHL on Friday announced that Brian Swanson of the Alaska Aces is the recipient of the Sportsmanship Award for 2010-11 as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches.
The award is presented annually to the player who is judged to have exhibited the best sportsmanship combined with a high standard of playing ability.
Ryan Huddy of the Las Vegas Wranglers was the runner-up for the award.
The ECHL will announce the CCM Rookie of the Year winner on Monday, along with the winners of the Reebok Plus Performer of the Year and Leading Scorer awards.
Swanson leads Alaska with 45 assists while his 24 goals and 69 points are both second on the club. The 35 year old returned to North America this season after playing the previous six seasons in the DEL in Germany. He has 70 games of National Hockey League experience with Edmonton and Atlanta, scoring 17 points (4g-13) from 2000-04. A fifth round selection (115th overall) of the San Jose Sharks in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, Swanson has scored 226 points (84g-142a) in 257 career American Hockey League games with Hartford, Hamilton and Chicago.
ECHL Sportsmanship Award Winners
2010-11 Brian Swanson, Alaska Aces
2009-10 Barret Ehgoetz, Cincinnati Cyclones
2008-09 Travis Morin, South Carolina Stingrays
2007-08 Jeff Campbell, Gwinnett Gladiators
2006-07 Derek Nesbitt, Idaho Steelheads
2005-06 Steve Saviano, Florida Everblades
2004-05 Kris Goodjohn, Gwinnett Gladiators
2003-04 Mark Pederson, San Diego Gulls
2002-03 Rejean Stringer, Columbia Inferno
2001-02 Ben Stafford, Trenton Titans
2000-01 Jamie Ling, Dayton Bombers
1999-00 Jamie Ling, Dayton Bombers
1998-99 Jamie Ling, Dayton Bombers
1997-98 Cal Ingraham, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
1996-97 Mike Ross, South Carolina Stingrays
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